Personal journal (editorial or commentary)
The perfect layout!
Last night I saw the PERFECT layout! It had everything - perfect design, perfect track work, perfect scenery, perfect running. The layout room was perfect - the size of the layout in relation to the room, the isle width, the backdrop, the lighting, the combination of running stock - type and colors, and the sound...OH the sound! When I walked into the layout room I was transformed from an old worn out man to a 10 year old kid standing by the L&N double mainline tracks that ran behind my boyhood home in St Matthews, KY.
Armchair modelers
I'm going to make a confession here: When I see some negative comments that are hurtful posted here I click on the poster's name and checkout what they have been doing with their blog and postings on MRH. I'm not surprised to find that many (no exact percentage) don't initiate many (any?) threads but only comment on others postings. Some don't have any postings about their layouts or there are only postings on what they intend to do in the future.
Track buffers. Or how to prevent loco's flying off the desk.
I made a buffer stop to prevent my loco's getting any air time.
Simple made out of Northeastern scale lumber. 10x12's for the uprights and 6x10's for the cross pieces.
Still a bit dark paint wise, but I will add more weathering when I start the ground work.
Track painting finished.
I've finished painting all the track for my layout. As it's only small I could hand paint it all and add a rust effect that would take forever on a larger layout. That's one of the things with a small project, you can add these little details.
The last 2 item's painted. Hopefully I've left the power connections clean. Fingers crossed.
The finished track.
At last some Railroad modeling.
After years and years of collecting models and books. Watching YouTube videos I've finally start my own layout. I say layout but it's going to be very small. Only 4' x 8", just enough to fit on my work desk. I'm doing HO scale and I'm going to be adding lots of details and trying new techniques out for scenic work.
I've started by hand painting the track as there isn't a lot of it. The track is a mix of Hornby, Bachmann and Peco set track.
I painted it with a mix of Acrylic model paint and some Acrylic artist paint.
My love of "Sets"
A lot of us tend to buy just engines, and just cars... we build our collections, and layouts, and maybe it started with a train set, and maybe it started different, but how many of us really think about it?
Why are we in this hobby?
I felt the desire to share here, as well as ask other folks, why they collect as well.
What got you into the hobby?
A bit about myself (this gets a bit personal, and long winded)
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